How emotional peers spoke up for ‘a bullied and beleaguered minority’... Remainers

The House of Lords voted for the Government to unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU immigrants living in the UKCredit:
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Lord Tebbit did not sound impressed. “Somehow,” harrumphed the former Tory chairman, “we seem to be thinking of nothing but the rights of foreigners!”

Fellow peers flapped and huffed. They had gathered to debate the future of EU immigrants already living in Britain. Should the Government unilaterally guarantee their right to remain? Or should it – as Theresa May prefers – wait until the EU makes the same guarantee for British emigrants?

It was put to Lord Tebbit that the House was focusing on “the rights of foreigners” because that was all it could do. Ultimately, deciding on the rights of British emigrants was a matter for the countries they were living in.